This past Friday the Front Room Gallery on Superior Avenue and the Waffle Shop in Pittsburgh both had a "Creative Comradery" collaboration of sorts titled "Frenemies".
FRENEMIES is a group exhibition featuring artists who are either from, reside in, or have ties to Cleveland and/or Pittsburgh. The title, a portmanteau of “friend” and “enemy,” eludes simultaneously to the age-old rivalry between these two cities (most often associated with football) and to the striking similarities between them. By bringing together artists who share common sensibilities, from playful and humorous to absurd and bizarre, we hope to highlight the shared experience and inspire creative comradery and collaboration between the two cities.. [Front Room]I am not a fan of football and therefore I don't give a shit about the Browns or the Steelers but I understand the friend/enemy "comradery" between the two cities because of the close proximity and the many ex-Pittsburghers that inhabit Cleveland. Hell, Mayor Frank Jackson has proclaimed this "Brown and Orange Week" despite the home team having a 1-11 record!
The other day as I was roaming the internet's I came across a flyer that the Waffle Shop produced to promote the "Frenemies" event. The flyer consists of some decent graphic work with a map of the two cities in the background had a couple tin-cans connected by string as Grover Cleveland "spoke" to Andrew Carnegie in the foreground of the image [shown below]. I imagine the former President saying something like this: "Andrew, do have any idea why I am being associated with Cleveland Ohio?"
I realize art is not rocket science but I would hope that an adult would know the difference between a former President and Moses Cleaveland when depicting the founder of Cleveland in a advertisement of sorts. Hopefully this was not done by a Carnegie Mellon student. -FG
No comments:
Post a Comment